HP 3PAR Policy Manager Software Release Notes (QL226-96114, August 2011)

HP 3PAR Policy Manager
Policy Manager works in conjunction with HP 3PAR Secure Service Custodian to implement customer
configurable remote service access policies. Installed on a customer provided host, the Policy Manager
provides the customer with ultimate flexibility and control to allow or deny outbound communication
or remote service connections from/ to an HP 3PAR Storage System at their site.
The Policy Manager also serves as the centralized point for collecting and storing audit logs of all
diagnostic data transfers and authorized remote service connections from/ to all configured HP 3PAR
Storage Systems.
HP’s Policy Manager provides the following benefits:
• Customer has complete control over policy administration.
• Provides a centralized policy administration for all HP 3PAR Storage Systems.
• Provides a centralized audit log to facilitate security audits.
Modifications to Policy Manager
The following item has been addressed in this release.
DescriptionItemBug ID
The user passwords were encrypted and stored
in the Tomcat-user.xml file.
Issue with how the Tomcat server stores
user/password data.
44060
Known Issues with Policy Manager
Policy Manager may Appear Hung Following Startup
The Policy Manager, versions 4.0.0.8 and earlier, contain the following known issue.
Under certain circumstances the Policy Manager may appear hung following startup. In the wrapper,
log file there will be a java exception trace indicating: SEVERE: Exception processing Global
JNDI Resources.
This error is typically caused by user defined group names in the Tomcat file realm which contain XML
reserved characters. The input panel in Tomcat erroneously allows the characters to be used, and fails
to properly escape them in the XML file.
Workaround - Perform the following steps:
1. Stop the 3PARSSPM service.
2. Edit the Tomcat5/conf/tomcat-users.xml file and delete any lines that have group names
with '&' or '<' characters.
NOTE: These characters must be deleted and not simply edited. Administrator privilege is needed
to edit this file.
3. Restart the 3PARSSPM service.
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